Claude Guillaume Delamater (le Maitre) Claude was born in 1611 in Richebourg, Artois, France. Claude's father was Guillaume le Maitre and his mother was Mary.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 72 in 1683 in New Harlem, New York.

Birth: 1611 in, Richebourg, Artois, France
Death: 1683 in New Harlem, New York, New York, USA

SOURCE: Original spelling Le Maistre, also Le Maitre. Ancestor of all Delamater families in this country. Family structure from the book Harlem (City of New York) Its Origin and Early Annals, by James Riker. Shows on Boyer's "Ships Passenger Lists" but no date listed. Fathers name from records of Carole Gibson, Vancouver, WA. No specific source listed.

OCCUPATION: Carpenter/ Magistrate in Harlem, NY between 1666 and 1673. Civil and church trustee.

NOTES: An exile in Amsterdam, from an ancient house of Brittany, the Lords of Garlaye, whose chateau and estates lay in the parish of Derval, in the diocese of Nantes. Some of the family took refuge in England prior to coming to Amsterdam. He was a Huguenot, came to New Amsterdam 1652; settled at Flatbush, New York.

Marriage 1 Hester DU BOIS b: 1625 in Canterbury, Kent, England
Married: 24 APR 1652 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Children
Jan DELAMATER b: 1653 in Flatbush, New York, New York
Abraham DELAMATER b: 1656 in Flatbush, New York, New York
Isaac DELAMATER b: 1658 in Flatbush, New York, NY
Susannah DELAMATER b: 1660 in Flatbush, New York, New York
Hester DELAMATER b: 1662 in Harlem, New York, New York
Jacobus DELAMATER b: 1665 in Harlem, New York, New York

Marriage 2 Mary
Married: in Canterbury, England
Children
Marie LE MAITRE
Pierre LE MAITRE b: 08 FEB 1632/33
Claude LE MAITRE

Marriage 3 Jeanne DELANNOY b: in Artois, France
Married: ABT 1640 in Artois, France
Children
Mary LE MAITRE

Native of Richebourg, Atrois, France and had sprung from an old family in Picardy, originally from Brittany. He was a descendent from the ancient house of Brittany, the Lords of Garlaye. His grand father who was also named Claude was allied to the Lords of Caumartin in Piccardy, He was a Protestant who was prosecuted, fined and imprisoned in Amiens 1588 by the Catholic League. The family had left France because of religious intolerance to Canterbury England where he met his second wife Hester Du bois. He married her in Amsterdam Holland
He was married first to Mary [Unkown] and secondly to Louise Quennell. He was living on Cruijsstraat [ Cross Street] as a widower of Louise It is here he met Jean De Lannoy a widow of Jean De Clercq. He married Jean De Lannoy and then to Hester Dubois.
They came to America and settled in Flatbush (Midwout) New York in 1652 where 4 of his children were born Jan, Abraham, Isaac, Susannah. He moved in 1662 at Harlem, NY

Claude, Abraham, Isaac and Jan all petitioned the Governor General of New York on August 30 1676 to have lands granted to them in New Harlem.

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